Rhapsody Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I was so fed up with the others bullying our baldie girl, I put the Bohos in their run and opened the Orange Eglu door...and who do you think was the only hen who emerged....? (I was too slow with the camera as she legged it out, so here she is with the Bohos fuming in their run) The other Rock Chicks just carried on eating in the run even though the door was wide open The Edge went to inspect my currant bushes and oooh is that corn growing over there? A quick restorative snooze in the sun And then lunch with the management (excuse my face, it always does this when confronted by a camera) How much of a character is she? I have put loads of feeders in the run and sprayed all of them with Ukadex, but the other 3 just keep jumping on her if she sets foot outside the Eglu. Fingers crossed it stops soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Slats Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 That's so sweet. We have 4 ex bats, and of all of them it's the oven ready "Paxo" that's first for everything. first to master the art of slug collection . First to work out where we keep the food . First to, follow me up the garden when I feed the wild birds and first to spot the pink treat bowl from 40 feet. They must have fantastic survival instinct our little baldies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphorus Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 She is so so sweet. Poor little mite all those feathers missing. Bet she is going to be quite a character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Bless! She is sooooo lovely! I dont have ex batts just 2 hybrid spoilt rotten squawkers so I really do love these pics and to see how she is getting on. Edit - cant stop looking at the pics - I love her little knickerbokkers LOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I'd watch that she doesn't get too much sun with her being so oven ready. She seems to have become a favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 She's lovely isn't she? Definately a real character. I'm sure the pecking will settle once she looks more chicken-like, i bet the others aren't sure what to make of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flo Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oh she is wonderful, what a character! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Ahhh, bless her, bet she had a lovely time investigating Rhapsody, I can see a definite favourite emerging here - that is going to end up one spoiled chicken (and won't she just deserve it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I think that The Edge rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 aahh poor little chook, I hope all her feathers grow soon! She's really sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Fantastic photos - I'm so glad The Edge is doing so well. Can I ask how the hen at the front of your first set of photos is? The one that had her eyes closed. I can't remember her name but she looked so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 So nice to see her out and about! she really is a character! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 She's wicked! A mind of her own, before you know it - she'll be going solo and releasing her own material, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 coooool! I put our name down for some ex-batts today, wont be til the end of August, by which time The Edge will have developed an elvis type quiff - or possibly a Flock of Seagulls 'do'?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thank you everyone- she is a bit of a BHWT Poster Girl isnt she? She's been out with us again this evening (the others were going into the Eglu to beat her up and scoffed half a can of tuna and some mealworms, all spinkled with mash to get her to eat it. My 16yo son has fallen in love with her and sat with her for ages.. Fantastic photos - I'm so glad The Edge is doing so well. Can I ask how the hen at the front of your first set of photos is? The one that had her eyes closed. I can't remember her name but she looked so sad. That was Slash- she is top of the pecking order now!! (She is HUGE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 or possibly a Flock of Seagulls 'do'?! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I like a feisty girl! What a character - she deserves to thrive and overcome the bullies. I emailed and blogged your photos Rhapsody and have had lots of responses - duly given them my lecture about battery eggs/hidden eggs and cheap, intensively farmed meat. Hopefully they are reformed now and will buy meat and eggs with more thought than before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Bless her, the little oven-ready bundle that she is! I don't begrudge her the favouritism at all! Keep the piccies coming, Rhapsody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I've also sent the photos on to people - most have come back with 'Oh my god' expressions. I think that a lot of people still don't realise how bad these girls get. Hopefully things will change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm so glad her pics may make people think about from where their food is sourced. I may have created a monster though- while the others are sooo happy doing chickeny stuff in their gorgeous extended run, she is prowling up and down the run door, trying to get out again! (I have shut the Eglu door once they've laid to make her get on with it a bit more- cruel to be kind and all that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 she's great isn't she keep the pics and the updates coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchlayer Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 She is lovely, soo bald, I had to laugh at Egluntine comment about not letting her get too much sun, she may well get sunburnt. Trying not to contemplate the word 'roasted' Well done you, she is fab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Opened the run door last night and out she pelted, then chased me round the garden! I was wearing sparkly flip-flops and had put polish on my toes. My husband was doubled up laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 And doesn't it hurt when they peck your toes? Errr, were you wearing other clothes R, or just the flipflips and nail polish??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I think The Edge should have her own facebook page, I'm a fan of The Edge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
